An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.119

v2.c44.119

Outside the n. gate is New Rājagṛha, believed to have been built by either Bimbisāra or Ajātaśatru, both contemporaries of Buddha. Here too there is a massive earthen wall, now largely missing, with a circuit of about 5 km, the s.-w. part of which is cut off to form a welldefined quadrilateral citadel enclosed by a stone-faced wall, 4·5 to 5·5 m thick and at places 3 m high.